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Self Quotes by Dogen
- When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
- To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
- When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep your eyes closely…
- To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to…
- To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be…
- Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining…
- If we look at the world with a deluded body and mind, we will think that our self is permanent. But if we practice correctly…
- Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things…
- Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face…
More Self Quotes
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges,… — Richard G. Scott
- Forgive yourself and get over 'self hatred.' In life, everybody screws up I mean everybody. Some people blame themselves for stuff, when… — Pacifiersucker
- Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the… — Samuel Johnson
- Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. — Arnold Bennett
- If there is any aim to achieve by all of us as a human being, it is to be so strong that… — Senoraroy